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You were on your own I was on the road

 You were awful lonesome I was awful cold

 You wanted love songs but that's not enough

 So how long must we punish each other

 For the sin of falling in love

You were on the phone I was on the floor

 And the boy was staring out the kitchen door

 He hears our fighting and he takes it rough

 So how long must we punish each other

 For the sin of falling in love

Well there's a whole lot worse that a man can do

 There's greater crimes for women too

 Than to give the holy power of love a place to stand

 Now we’re looking back through a sack of wool

 There's a boy with a stack of reasons to know

 Why we can’t forgive each other a Woman and Man

 You were in the air I was in the sea

 Boy was in a basket with friends on the beach

 It don't take much asking to receive that stuff

 So how long must we punish each other

 For the sin of falling in love

 Whoa how long must we punish each other

 For the sin of falling in love